Cauvery river dispute verdict today: Why Tamil Nadu, Karnataka are at war
Cauvery river dispute verdict today: Why Tamil Nadu, Karnataka are at war on Business Standard. All eyes are on the Supreme Court as it's poised to act on the decades-old Cauvery water dispute between the neighbouring states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
Latest News All eyes are on the Supreme Court as it's poised to act on the decades-old Cauvery verdict water dispute between the neighbouring states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra will pronounce the verdict on the appeals filed by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala against the 2007 order of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT) on sharing of water. Earlier on September 20, 2017, the court had reserved its order on the matter. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and Puducherry had filed petitions seeking modification of Cauvery Tribunal's final order. The dispute dates back to the Madras-Mysore agreements of 1924. It was in 1990 when the Centre created a tribunal to examine the conflict and address the water shortage. The CWDT had unanimously passed an order on how the water should be shared between the states after determining the total availability of water in the Cauvery basin. The apex court during the period of trials had passed several orders directing the Karnataka Government to provide a certain amount of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. Security tightened in Bengaluru Security has been tightened in Bengaluru. Speaking to reporters, Bengaluru police
commissioner T Suneel Kumar said 15,000 police personnel would be deployed for duty. In addition to this, personnel of Karnataka State Reserved Police and other forces would be deployed. "Special attention will be given to the sensitive areas where riots had taken place in the past," the commissioner said. Karnataka has been claiming that the Krishnaraja Sagar dam is left with water only to cater to Bengaluru. The Cauvery water dispute has a long history
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